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train_725 | Banks pin their back-office hopes on successors to screen scrapers | The big name in account aggregation has been Yodlee, based in Redwood Shores, CA. It pioneered the art of screen scraping, or pulling data off Web sites and aggregating it into a single statement. That data, however, is a snapshot and does not include a customer's investment history. Also, because Web sites update data... | checking;account aggregation;loans;insurance;bankers;yodlee;screen scraping;web sites;investment;advent;fincentric | |
train_726 | New wrinkle on the Web? Hmm. [banking] | The financial sector produced its share of technology hype during the new economy years. You. can't blame folks if the next next thing, a wave of Internet-related innovation called Web services, is being met with healthy skepticism. Many gurus are placing their bets on Web services to drive the next chapter of finance ... | bank;web services | |
train_727 | Life after bankruptcy [telecom carriers] | How comeback telecom carriers are changing industry economics, and why others may have no choice but to follow their lead | debt levels;telecom carriers;bankruptcy;restructured companies;industry economics | |
train_728 | Questioning the RFP process [telecom] | In the current climate, the most serious concern about the purchasing habits of telecom carriers is obviously the lack of spending. Even against a backdrop of economic constraints and financial struggles, however, genuine concerns about the purchasing process itself are being raised by some of those closest to it | telecom carriers;request for proposal;purchasing process;sales cycle;request for information | |
train_73 | How does attitude impact IT implementation: a study of small business owners | According to previous studies, attitude towards information technology (IT) among small business owners appears to be a key factor in achieving high quality IT implementations. In an effort to extend this stream of research, we conducted case studies with small business owners and learned that high quality IT implement... | small business owners;organization;information technology implementation;positive attitudes;planning;management style;risk;negative attitudes;computer specialists;uncertain attitude | |
train_730 | Multi-hour design of survivable classical IP networks | Most of Internet intra-domain routing protocols (OSPF, RIP, and IS-IS) are based on shortest path routing. The path length is defined as the sum of metrics associated with the path links. These metrics are often managed by the network administrator. In this context, the design of an Internet backbone network consists i... | transmission links;internet backbone network;network protection;is-is;path links;path length;survivable classical ip networks;internet intra-domain routing protocols;survivability requirements;quality of service constraints;greedy heuristic algorithm;network dimensioning;meta-heuristics algorithm;shortest path routing;... | |
train_731 | Aggregate bandwidth estimation in stored video distribution systems | Multimedia applications like video on demand, distance learning, Internet video broadcast, etc. will play a fundamental role in future broadband networks. A common aspect of such applications is the transmission of video streams that require a sustained relatively high bandwidth with stringent requirements of quality o... | upper bound;distance learning;quality of service;simulations;multimedia applications;video streams transmission;lower bound;video coding;temporary closed streams;stored video distribution systems;conditional probabilities;vod;internet video broadcast;loss probability;aggregate bandwidth estimation;video on demand;itera... | |
train_732 | A unifying co-operative Web caching architecture | Network caching of objects has become a standard way of reducing network traffic and latency in the Web. However, Web caches exhibit poor performance with a hit rate of about 30%. A solution to improve this hit rate is to have a group of proxies form co-operation where objects can be cached for later retrieval. A coope... | protocols;network caching;hierarchical caching;co-operative hit rate;network latency reduction;web browser;co-operative web caching architecture;network load;transversal caching;low database overhead;network traffic reduction;world wide web;low traffic overhead;scalable architecture;cooperative cache system | |
train_733 | VoIP makeover transforms ugly duckling network | Surrey County Council's Swan project is Europe's biggest implementation of voice over IP. Six Wans and countless Lans are are being consolidated into a single network covering 6,000 users at 200 sites. The contract was signed in October 2001 for Pounds 13m over five years and rollout will be completed in May 2003 | voice over ip;swan;lan;wan;surrey county council | |
train_734 | Web services boost integration | Microsoft and IBM have announced products to help their database software co-exist with competitors' offerings. The products use web services technology allowing users to improve integration between databases and application software from rival vendors | database software;ibm;microsoft;web services technology | |
train_735 | IT at the heart of joined-up policing | Police IT is to shift from application-focused to component-based technology. The change of strategy, part of the Valiant Programme, will make information held by individual forces available on a national basis | uk;police it;valiant programme | |
train_736 | The year of the racehorse [China Telecom] | Does China really offer the telecoms industry a route out of the telecoms slump? According to the Chinese government it has yet to receive a single application from foreign companies looking to invest in the country's domestic telecoms sector since the country joined the World Trade Organisation | foreign investment;telecoms industry;china netcom;china unicorn;china;china telecom | |
train_737 | What's in a name? [mobile telephony branding] | Mobile operators are frantically consolidating businesses into single international brands | branding;mobile telephony;consolidating businesses | |
train_738 | Playing for time [3G networks] | The delays in rolling out 3G networks across Europe should not always be seen with a negative slant | europe;mobile operators;delays;3g networks | |
train_739 | Disposable mobiles | After many delays, the reusable, recyclable, disposable mobile phone is finally going on sale in the US. But with a business model largely dependent on niche markets, Elizabeth Biddlecombe asks if these simplified handsets will be good enough to survive a brutal market | simplified handsets;disposable mobile phone;recyclable;reusable | |
train_74 | End-user perspectives on the uptake of computer supported cooperative working | Researchers in information systems have produced a rich collection of meta-analyses and models to further understanding of factors influencing the uptake of information technologies. In the domain of CSCW, however, these models have largely been neglected, and while there are many case studies, no systematic account of... | end-user perspectives;information technology;cscw;computer supported cooperative work;meta-analyses;information systems;activity theory | |
train_740 | The Malaysian model | Japan's first third generation service, Foma, is unlikely to be truly attractive to consumers until 2005. That still falls well within the financial planning of its operator Docomo. But where does that leave European 3G operators looking for reassurance? Malaysia, says Simon Marshall | malaysia;maxis communications;3g operators;telekom malaysia | |
train_741 | Mothball mania [3G licences] | Telefonica Moviles has frozen its 3G operations in Germany, Austria, Italy and Switzerland. With other 3G licence holders questioning the logic of entering already saturated markets with unproven technology, Emma McClune asks if the mothball effect is set to snowball any further | saturated markets;mobile telephony;mothball;3g licence holders | |
train_742 | Second term [International Telecommunication Union] | Later this month Yoshio Utsumi is expected to be re-elected for a second four year term as secretary general of the International Telecommunication Union. Here he talks to Matthew May about getting involved in internet addressing, the prospects for 3g, the need for further reform of his organisation... and the translat... | 3g;translating telephone;internet addressing;international telecommunication union | |
train_743 | Local satellite | Consumer based mobile satellite phone services went from boom to burn up in twelve months despite original forecasts predicting 10 million to 40 million users by 2005. Julian Bright wonders what prospects the technology has now and if going regional might be one answer | mobile satellite phone services | |
train_744 | A virtual victory [virtual networks] | Newly fashionable virtual network operators look all set to clean up in the corporate sector | corporate sector;virtual network operators | |
train_745 | Intensity based affine registration including feature similarity for spatial | normalization This paper presents a new spatial normalization with affine transformation. The quantitative comparison of brain architecture across different subjects requires a common coordinate system. For the analysis of a specific brain area, it is necessary to normalize and compare a region of interest and the glob... | intensity based affine registration;global brain;corpus callosum;lateral ventricle;talairach method;central gray nuclei;affine transformation;schizophrenia detection;common coordinate system;brain architecture;feature similarities;spatial normalization;feature similarity;region of interest;mutual information method | |
train_746 | Real-time transmission of pediatric echocardiograms using a single ISDN line | We tested the adequacy of a videoconferencing system using a single integrated systems digital network (ISDN) line (128 kilobits per second) for the remote diagnosis of children with suspected congenital heart disease (CHD). Real-time echocardiogram interpretation was compared to subsequent videotape review in 401 stud... | single isdn line;real-time echocardiogram interpretation;remote patient management;real-time pediatric echocardiogram transmission;remote diagnosis;videoconferencing system;videotape review;immediate patient transfer;children;suspected congenital heart disease | |
train_747 | Simulation of cardiovascular physiology: the diastolic function(s) of the heart | The cardiovascular system was simulated by using an equivalent electronic circuit. Four sets of simulations were performed. The basic variables investigated were cardiac output and stroke volume. They were studied as functions (i) of right ventricular capacitance and negative intrathoracic pressure; (ii) of left ventri... | cardiac output;heart;left ventricular relaxation;right ventricular capacitance;stroke volume;simulation;diastolic relaxation;systolic functions;cardiovascular physiology;negative intrathoracic pressure;diastolic function;left ventricle failure;heart rate;equivalent electronic circuit | |
train_748 | Simulation study of the cardiovascular functional status in hypertensive | situation An extended cardiovascular model was established based on our previous work to study the consequences of physiological or pathological changes to the homeostatic functions of the cardiovascular system. To study hemodynamic changes in hypertensive situations, the impacts of cardiovascular parameter variations ... | arterial pressure;arterial vessel wall stiffness;moderate dynamic exercise;computer simulation;normotensive cases;peripheral vascular resistance;baroreflex gain;extended cardiovascular model;pathological changes;physiological changes;hemodynamics;homeostatic functions;clinical experiments;short-term regulation;hyperten... | |
train_749 | Numerical modeling of the flow in stenosed coronary artery. The relationship | between main hemodynamic parameters The severity of coronary arterial stenosis is usually measured by either simple geometrical parameters, such as percent diameter stenosis, or hemodynamically based parameters, such as the fractional flow reserve (FFR) or coronary flow reserve (CFR). The present study aimed to establi... | arterial autoregulation;stenosis severity;stenosed blood vessel;constant flow regulation mechanism;physiological range;numerical modeling;constant wall shear stress model;simulation;computational model;blunt stenosis;minimally invasive methods;clinical setting;blood flow;hemodynamic parameters;coronary arterial stenosi... | |
train_75 | A portable Auto Attendant System with sophisticated dialog structure | An attendant system connects the caller to the party he/she wants to talk to. Traditional systems require the caller to know the full name of the party. If the caller forgets the name, the system fails to provide service for the caller. In this paper we propose a portable Auto Attendant System (AAS) with sophisticated ... | clear request;telephone;telephone-based system;fuzzy request;semantic frame;spoken dialog systems;dialog manager;auto attendant system;attendant system;speech recognizer | |
train_750 | Automated cerebrum segmentation from three-dimensional sagittal brain MR images | We present a fully automated cerebrum segmentation algorithm for full three-dimensional sagittal brain MR images. First, cerebrum segmentation from a midsagittal brain MR image is performed utilizing landmarks, anatomical information, and a connectivity-based threshold segmentation algorithm as previously reported. Rec... | connectivity-based threshold segmentation algorithm;masked image boundaries;full 3d sagittal brain mr images;midsagittal brain mr image;brain region truncation;laterally adjacent slices;boundary end points;connectivity-based algorithm;fully automated cerebrum segmentation algorithm;masking operation;anatomical informat... | |
train_751 | A new method of regression on latent variables. Application to spectral data | Several applications are based on the assessment of a linear model linking a set of variables Y to a set of predictors X. In the presence of strong colinearity among predictors, as in the case with spectral data, several alternative procedures to ordinary least squares (OLS) are proposed, We discuss a new alternative a... | strong colinearity;latent variables;regression models through constrained principal components analysis;latent root regression analysis;dependent variables;tuning parameter;spectral data;predictors;linear model;near-ir spectroscopy | |
train_752 | Presenting-a better mousetrap [Leeza outboard video signal processor] | Scaling interlaced video to match high-resolution plasma, LCD, and DLP displays is a tough job, but Key Digital's Leeza is zip to the tack. And it's digitally bilingual, too. There's no question that outboard video signal processors like Leeza help overcome the inherent limitations of fixed-pixel displays. Being able t... | heavily processed video;plasma displays;leeza;fixed-pixel displays;lcd displays;dlp displays;outboard video signal processors | |
train_753 | In medias res [DVD formats] | Four years in the making, the DVD format war rages on, no winner insight. meanwhile, the spoils of war abound, and DVD media manufacturers stand poised to profit | compatibility;dvd-r;dvd+rw;dvd-rw;dvd media manufacturers;dvd-ram;dvd+r;dvd format war;writable dvd | |
train_754 | Record makers [UK health records] | Plans for a massive cradle-to-grave electronic records project have been revealed by the government. Is the scheme really viable? | social care;integrated care records services;electronic records project;health care;uk health records | |
train_755 | Hardware and software platform for real-time processing and visualization of | echographic radiofrequency signals In this paper the architecture of a hardware and software platform, for ultrasonic investigation is presented. The platform, used in conjunction with an analog front-end hardware for driving the ultrasonic transducers of any commercial echograph, having the radiofrequency echo signal ... | real-time processing;hardware platform;clinical diagnosis;software platform;ultrasonic imaging;user interface;data visualization;personal computer;echographic radiofrequency signal | |
train_756 | A new high resolution color flow system using an eigendecomposition-based | adaptive filter for clutter rejection We present a new signal processing strategy for high frequency color flow mapping in moving tissue environments. A new application of an eigendecomposition-based clutter rejection filter is presented with modifications to deal with high blood-to-clutter ratios (BCR). Additionally, ... | hf colour flow mapping;echoes;blood velocity estimates correction;estimated tissue motion profile;signal processing strategy;clutter suppression performance;high resolution colour flow system;in vivo color flow images;swept-scan signal model;microcirculation;high blood-to-clutter ratios;high frequency color flow mappin... | |
train_757 | Ultrafast compound imaging for 2-D motion vector estimation: application to | transient elastography This paper describes a new technique for two-dimensional (2-D) imaging of the motion vector at a very high frame rate with ultrasound. Its potential is experimentally demonstrated for transient elastography. But, beyond this application, it also could be promising for color flow and reflectivity ... | young's modulus image reconstruction;2d imaging;two-dimensional imaging;human tissues;decorrelated speckle patterns;multisynthetic aperture beamforming;1d speckle tracking algorithm;lateral displacements;high frame rate;ultrafast compound imaging;colour flow imaging;single plane wave insonification;reflectivity imaging... | |
train_758 | Four-terminal quantum resistor network for electron-wave computing | Interconnected ultrathin conducting wires or, equivalently, interconnected quasi-one-dimensional electron waveguides, which form a quantum resistor network, are presented here in four-terminal configurations. The transmission behaviors through such four-terminal networks are evaluated and classified. In addition, we sh... | equitransmission property;multiple elastic scatterers;four-terminal quantum resistor network;rerouting;transmission behavior;landauer-buttiker theory;quasi1d electron waveguides;buttiker symmetry rule;aharonov-bohm rings;electron-wave computing;kirchhoff current conservation law;transmission probability;interconnected ... | |
train_759 | Mathematical properties of dominant AHP and concurrent convergence method | This study discusses the mathematical structure of the dominant AHP and the concurrent convergence method which were originally developed by Kinoshita and Nakanishi. They introduced a new concept of a regulating alternative into an analyzing tool for a simple evaluation problem with a criterion set and an alternative s... | overall evaluation vectors;dominant ahp;concurrent convergence method | |
train_76 | Reaching strong consensus in a general network | The strong consensus (SC) problem is a variant of the conventional distributed consensus problem (also known as the Byzantine agreement problem). The SC problem requires that the agreed value among fault-free processors be one of the fault-free processor's initial values. Originally, the problem was studied in a fully ... | hybrid fault model;strong consensus;byzantine agreement;fully connected network;strong consensus problem;distributed consensus problem;fault-tolerant distributed system;fault-free processors | |
train_760 | An improved fuzzy MCDM model based on ideal and anti-ideal concepts | Liang presented (1999) a fuzzy multiple criteria decision making (MCDM) method based on the concepts of ideal and anti-ideal points. Despite its merits, Liang method has the following limitations: (i) the objective criteria are converted into dimensionless indices and the subjective criteria are not converted, which ma... | ideal concepts;anti-ideal concepts;fuzzy number ranking;fuzzy mcdm model;dimensionless indices;multicriterion decision-making | |
train_761 | Towards a NMR implementation of a quantum lattice gas algorithm | Recent theoretical results suggest that an array of quantum information processors communicating via classical channels can be used to solve fluid dynamics problems. Quantum lattice-gas algorithms (QLGA) running on such architectures have been shown to solve the diffusion equation and the nonlinear Burgers equations. I... | quantum lattice gas algorithm;two-qubit quantum information.processors;fluid dynamics problems;nuclear magnetic resonance;diffusion equation;quantum information processors;nmr implementation;nonlinear burgers equations | |
train_762 | Quantum computing with spin qubits in semiconductor structures | We survey recent work on designing and evaluating quantum computing implementations based on nuclear or bound-electron spins in semiconductor heterostructures at low temperatures and in high magnetic fields. General overview is followed by a summary of results of our theoretical calculations of decoherence time scales ... | spin-spin interactions;low temperatures;semiconductor heterostructures;spin dynamics;2deg;spin qubits;quantum computing;spin-excitons exchange;2d electron gas;high magnetic fields;dominant carrier;semiconductor structures;integer quantum hall regime;integer qhe | |
train_763 | A quantum full adder for a scalable nuclear spin quantum computer | We demonstrate a strategy for implementation a quantum full adder in a spin chain quantum computer. As an example, we simulate a quantum full adder in a chain containing 201 spins. Our simulations also demonstrate how one can minimize errors generated by non-resonant effects | scalable nuclear spin quantum computer;error minimization;nonresonant effects;quantum full adder | |
train_764 | Lattice Boltzmann schemes for quantum applications | We review the basic ideas behind the quantum lattice Boltzmann equation (LBE), and present a few thoughts on the possible use of such an equation for simulating quantum many-body problems on both (parallel) electronic and quantum computers | quantum applications;quantum many-body problems;quantum computers;lattice boltzmann schemes;parallel computing | |
train_765 | Simulating fermions on a quantum computer | The real-time probabilistic simulation of quantum systems in classical computers is known to be limited by the so-called dynamical sign problem, a problem leading to exponential complexity. In 1981 Richard Feynman raised some provocative questions in connection to the "exact imitation" of such systems using a special d... | fermions simulation;sign problem;quantum computer;exponential complexity;real-time probabilistic simulation;isomorphisms;algebras;classical computers;dynamical sign problem;fermion systems | |
train_766 | Physical quantum algorithms | I review the differences between classical and quantum systems, emphasizing the connection between no-hidden variable theorems and superior computational power of quantum computers. Using quantum lattice gas automata as examples, I describe possibilities for efficient simulation of quantum and classical systems with a ... | quantum lattice gas automata;quantum computers;classical systems;physical quantum algorithms;no-hidden variable theorems | |
train_767 | Quantum computation for physical modeling | One of the most famous American physicists of the twentieth century, Richard Feynman, in 1982 was the first to propose using a quantum mechanical computing device to efficiently simulate quantum mechanical many-body dynamics, a task that is exponentially complex in the number of particles treated and is completely intr... | quantum mechanical many-body dynamics;quantum computation;quantum mechanical computing;physical modeling | |
train_768 | Critical lines identification on voltage collapse analysis | This paper deals with critical lines identification on voltage collapse analysis. It is known, from the literature, that voltage collapse is a local phenomenon that spreads around an initial neighborhood Therefore, identifying the system critical bus plays an important role on voltage collapse prevention. For this purp... | brazil;computer simulation;power system voltage collapse analysis;local phenomenon;critical transmission lines identification;system critical bus identification;ieee-118 bus | |
train_769 | Permission grids: practical, error-bounded simplification | We introduce the permission grid, a spatial occupancy grid which can be used to guide almost any standard polygonal surface simplification algorithm into generating an approximation with a guaranteed geometric error bound. In particular, all points on the approximation are guaranteed to be within some user-specified di... | spatial occupancy grid;approximation;mesh degeneracies;error-bounded simplification;vertex correspondences;error tolerance;arbitrary triangular models;adaptive level of detail control;representation complexity;user-specified distance;running time overhead;scientific computing;permission grid;polygonal surface simplific... | |
train_77 | Modeling frequently accessed wireless data with weak consistency | To reduce the response times of wireless data access in a mobile network, caches are utilized in wireless handheld devices. If the original data entry has been updated, the cached data in the handheld device becomes stale. Thus, a mechanism is required to predict when the cached copy will expire. This paper studies a w... | time-to-live interval;mobile network;data entry;weak consistency;stale access probability;expiration time prediction;wireless data access;caches;simulation experiments;frequently accessed wireless data modeling;response time reduction;wireless communication cost;wireless handheld devices;analytic model | |
train_770 | The 3D visibility complex | Visibility problems are central to many computer graphics applications. The most common examples include hidden-part removal for view computation, shadow boundaries, mutual visibility of objects for lighting simulation. In this paper, we present a theoretical study of 3D visibility properties for scenes of smooth conve... | visual events;computer graphics;light rays;3d visibility complex;hidden-part removal;probabilistic study;output-sensitive construction algorithm;temporal visibility;view computation;maximal free segments;normal scenes;mutual object visibility;shadow boundaries;smooth convex objects;lighting simulation;worst case comple... | |
train_771 | Pareto-optimal formulations for cost versus colorimetric accuracy trade-offs in | printer color management Color management for the printing of digital images is a challenging task, due primarily to nonlinear ink-mixing behavior and the presence of redundant solutions for print devices with more than three inks. Algorithms for the conversion of image data to printer-specific format are typically des... | cost versus colorimetric accuracy trade-offs;qhull program;clipping;color characterization data set;image data conversion;nonlinear ink-mixing behavior;gamut compression features;optimization;rendering intent;user-specified print objectives;interpolation-based approach;cost versus reproduction accuracy;digital image pr... | |
train_772 | Meshed atlases for real-time procedural solid texturing | We describe an implementation of procedural solid texturing that uses the texture atlas, a one-to-one mapping from an object's surface into its texture space. The method uses the graphics hardware to rasterize the solid texture coordinates as colors directly into the atlas. A texturing procedure is applied per-pixel to... | object surface;texture atlas;graphics hardware;one-to-one mapping;real-time procedural solid texturing;rendering;texture space;meshed atlases;solid texture coordinates;linear magnification filtering;colors;mip-mapped minification antialiasing;multiresolution texture atlas;rasterization | |
train_773 | Topology-reducing surface simplification using a discrete solid representation | This paper presents a new approach for generating coarse-level approximations of topologically complex models. Dramatic topology reduction is achieved by converting a 3D model to and from a volumetric representation. Our approach produces valid, error-bounded models and supports the creation of approximations that do n... | topology-reducing surface simplification;topologically complex models;scene parts;discrete solid representation;3d model;complex mechanical assemblies;coarse-level approximations;volumetric representation;error-bounded models | |
train_774 | Keeping Web accessibility in mind: I&R services for all | After presenting three compelling reasons for making Web sites accessible to persons with a broad range of disabilities (it's the morally right thing to do, it's the smart thing to do from an economic perspective, and it's required by law), the author discusses design issues that impact persons with particular types of... | disabilities;web site accessibility;information and referral services | |
train_775 | Disability-related special libraries | One of the ways that the federal government works to improve services to people with disabilities is to fund disability-related information centers and clearinghouses that provide information resources and referrals to disabled individuals, their family members, service providers, and the general public. The Teaching R... | library collections;disability-related clearinghouses;disability-related special libraries;information resources;disability-related information centers;national information clearinghouse on children who are deaf-blind;db-link;oregon brain injury resource network;obirn;federal government;western oregon university;inform... | |
train_776 | Information access for all: meeting the needs of deaf and hard of hearing | people Discusses the nature of deafness and hearing impairments, with particular reference to the impact which the onset of hearing loss presents at various ages. The author goes on to present practical tips for interacting with deaf and hard of hearing clients in various communication contexts, including sightreading,... | information access;deaf clients;asl interpreters;deafness;communication contexts;hard of hearing clients;sightreading;hearing impairments;tty communications | |
train_777 | Access to information for blind and visually impaired clients | This article guides I&R providers in establishing effective communication techniques for working with visually impaired consumers. The authors discuss common causes of vision impairment and the functional implications of each and offer information on disability etiquette and effective voice, accessible media and in-per... | information and referral systems;information access;written communications;effective voice;accessible media;large-print materials;assistive technologies;communication techniques;disability etiquette;braille materials;visually impaired clients;electronic communications;in-person communication;blind clients | |
train_778 | Access matters | Discusses accessibility needs of people with disabilities, both from the perspective of getting the information from I&R programs (including accessible Web sites, TTY access, Braille, and other mechanisms) and from the perspective of being aware of accessibility needs when referring clients to resources. Includes infor... | information and referral programs;public places;braille;accessibility needs;disabled people;ada legislation;accessible web sites;tty access | |
train_779 | Domesticating computers and the Internet | The people who use computers and the ways they use them have changed substantially over the past 25 years. In the beginning highly educated people, mostly men, in technical professions used computers for work, but over time a much broader range of people are using computers for personal and domestic purposes. This tren... | demographics;novices;personal motives;internet;women;veteran internet users;domestic purposes;national surveys;online behavior;highly educated people;personal usage;domestic services;pc diffusion;computer domestication;computing industry;technical professions;personal computers;children | |
train_78 | Applying genetic algorithms to solve the fuzzy optimal profit problem | This study investigated the application of genetic algorithms in solving a fuzzy optimization problem that arises in business and economics. In this problem, a fuzzy price is determined using a linear or a quadratic fuzzy demand function as well as a linear cost function. The objective is to find the optimal fuzzy prof... | linear cost function;fuzzy price;economics;theoretical proofs;business;fuzzy optimal profit problem;genetic algorithms;linear fuzzy demand function;algorithm correctness validation;fuzzy optimization problem;approximate solution;quadratic fuzzy demand function | |
train_780 | Failures and successes: notes on the development of electronic cash | Between 1997 and 2001, two mid-sized communities in Canada hosted North America's most comprehensive experiment to introduce electronic cash and, in the process, replace physical cash for casual, low-value payments. The technology used was Mondex, and its implementation was supported by all the country's major banks. I... | long-term transformations;short-term failures;global market;low-value payments;payment mechanism;mondex;canadian implementation;publicity campaign;major banks;canada;electronic cash;computer security;science and technology studies;consumer privacy;sociotechnical system;monetary policy | |
train_781 | ICANN and Internet governance: leveraging technical coordination to realize | global public policy The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) was created in 1998 to perform technical coordination of the Internet. ICANN also lays the foundations for governance, creating capabilities for promulgating and enforcing global regulations on Internet use. ICANN leverages the capabil... | global regulations;institutional design;governance-related features;internet governance;internet dns;global public policy;regulatory regime;internet domain name system;technical coordination;icann;internet use;internet corporation for assigned names and numbers | |
train_782 | Community technology and democratic rationalization | The objective of the paper is to explore questions of human agency and democratic process in the technical sphere through the example of "virtual community." The formation of relatively stable long-term group associations (community in the broad sense of the term), is the scene on which a large share of human developme... | human development;human value;intellectual tradition;computer networking;stable long-term group associations;conflicting answers;democratic process;optimistic observers;technical system;democratic rationalization;internet activity;community activities;virtual community;technical sphere;computer networks;human agency;di... | |
train_783 | The network society as seen from Italy | Italy was behind the European average in Internet development for many years, but a new trend, which has brought considerable change, emerged at the end of 1998 and showed its effects in 2000 and the following years. Now Italy is one of the top ten countries worldwide in Internet hostcount and the fourth largest in Eur... | network society;internet development;uk;europe;media control;freedom of speech;france;worldwide average;regulatory decisions;european union;internet activity;italy;legal decisions;broadcast media;centralized control;european average;democratic institutions;internet hostcount;germany;mainstream media | |
train_784 | Where tech is cheap [servers] | Talk, consultancy, support, not tech is the expensive part of network installations. It's a good job that small-scale servers can either be remotely managed, or require little actual management | small-scale servers;network installations;management | |
train_785 | Networking without wires | Several types of devices use radio transmitters to send data over thin air. Are WLANs, wireless local area networks, the end to all cables? Will Dalrymple weighs up the costs and benefits | costs;benefits;wireless local area networks | |
train_787 | New kit on the block [IT upgrades] | As time passes, new hardware and software replace the old. The hows are straightforward: IT resellers and consultants can help with upgrade practicalities. Will Dalrymple examines the business issues and costs involved in IT upgrades | microsoft;costs;business issues;it upgrades;it resellers;consultants | |
train_788 | Rise of the supercompany [CRM] | All the thoughts, conversations and notes of employees help the firm create a wider picture of business. Customer relationship management (CRM) feeds on data, and it is hungry | customer relationship management;staff trained;database;central data repository | |
train_79 | An efficient and stable ray tracing algorithm for parametric surfaces | In this paper, we propose an efficient and stable algorithm for finding ray-surface intersections. Newton's method and Bezier clipping are adapted to form the core of our algorithm. Ray coherence is used to find starting points for Newton iteration. We introduce an obstruction detection technique to verify whether an i... | newton iteration;ray-surface intersections;primary ray tracing;ray coherence;efficient stable ray tracing algorithm;convergence;obstruction detection technique;bezier clipping;parametric surfaces;newton method;secondary ray tracing | |
train_790 | Data assimilation of local model error forecasts in a deterministic model | One of the most popular data assimilation techniques in use today are of the Kalman filter type, which provide an improved estimate of the state of a system up to the current time level, based on actual measurements. From a forecasting viewpoint, this corresponds to an updating of the initial conditions. The standard f... | forcing conditions;error prediction;kalman filter;hydrodynamic modelling;deterministic model;local model error forecasts;forecast horizon;data assimilation | |
train_791 | The rise and fall and rise again of customer care | Taking care of customers has never gone out of style, but as the recession fades, interest is picking up in a significant retooling of the CRM solutions banks have been using. The goal: usable knowledge to help improve service | banks;customer relationship management;usable knowledge | |
train_792 | Remember e-commerce? Yeah, well, it's still here | Sandy Kemper, the always outspoken CEO of successful e-commerce company eScout, offers his views on the purported demise of "commerce" in e-commerce, and what opportunities lie ahead for those bankers bold enough to act in a market turned tentative by early excesses | e-commerce;escout;bankers | |
train_793 | Advancements during the past quarter century in on-line monitoring of motor and | generator winding insulation Electrical insulation plays a critical role in the operation of motor and generator rotor and stator windings. Premature failure of the insulation can cost millions of dollars per day. With advancements in electronics, sensors, computers and software, tremendous progress has been made in th... | motor generator winding insulation;stator windings;ozone monitoring;sensors;endwinding vibration monitoring;electronics;rotor windings;winding insulation on-line monitoring;software;magnetic flux monitoring;partial discharge monitoring;temperature monitoring;pd monitoring;generator winding insulation;premature insulati... | |
train_794 | On the discretization of double-bracket flows | This paper extends the method of Magnus series to Lie-algebraic equations originating in double-bracket flows. We show that the solution of the isospectral flow Y' = [[Y,N],Y], Y(O) = Y/sub 0/ in Sym(n), can be represented in the form Y(t) = e/sup Omega (t)/Y/sub 0/e/sup - Omega (1)/, where the Taylor expansion of Omeg... | bicolor leaves;double-bracket flows discretization;isospectral flow;taylor expansion;lie-algebraic equations;magnus series | |
train_795 | Approximation and complexity. II. Iterated integration | For pt. I. see ibid., no. 1, p. 289-95 (2001). We introduce two classes of real analytic functions W contained in/implied by U on an interval. Starting with rational functions to construct functions in W we allow the application of three types of operations: addition, integration, and multiplication by a polynomial wit... | integration;l/sub infinity /-norm;pfaffian functions;multiplication;lower bounds;polynomial;rational functions;real analytic functions;addition | |
train_796 | Quadratic Newton iteration for systems with multiplicity | Newton's iterator is one of the most popular components of polynomial equation system solvers, either from the numeric or symbolic point of view. This iterator usually handles smooth situations only (when the Jacobian matrix associated to the system is invertible). This is often a restrictive factor. Generalizing Newto... | newton's iterator;jacobian matrix;polynomial equation system solvers;systems with multiplicity;m-adic topology;quadratic newton iteration;quadratic convergence | |
train_797 | Adaptive wavelet methods. II. Beyond the elliptic case | This paper is concerned with the design and analysis of adaptive wavelet methods for systems of operator equations. Its main accomplishment is to extend the range of applicability of the adaptive wavelet-based method developed previously for symmetric positive definite problems to indefinite or unsymmetric systems of o... | asymptotically optimal complexity;operator equations;adaptive wavelet methods;elliptic case;euclidean metric;n-term approximation;least squares formulation | |
train_798 | ClioWeb, ClioRequest, and Clio database: enhancing patron and staff | satisfaction Faced with increased demand from students and faculty for a speedier and more user-friendly method of obtaining materials from other institutions, the interlibrary loan (ILL) department sought to implement a management system which would accomplish the task. Students wanted remote interconnectivity to the ... | clio database;user-friendly method;patron satisfaction;faculty;interlibrary loan department;washington college;data management;cliorequest;staff satisfaction;remote interconnectivity;clioweb;management system;workflow efficiency;students | |
train_799 | Electronic reserves at University College London: understanding the needs of | academic departments This article describes a recent project at University College London to explore the feasibility of providing a service to improve access to electronic course materials. Funded by the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE), the project was not simply to set up an electronic reserve. By... | higher education funding council for england;electronic course materials;university college london;learning technologists;academic department needs;computing staff;electronic reserves | |
train_8 | New investors get steal of a deal [Global Crossing] | Hutchison Telecommunications and Singapore Technologies take control of Global Crossing for a lot less money than they originally offered. The deal leaves the bankrupt carrier intact, but doesn't put it in the clear just yet | global crossing;hutchison telecommunications;bankrupt;singapore technologies | |
train_80 | Evaluating the performance of a distributed database of repetitive elements in | complete genomes The original version of the Repeat Sequence Database (RSDB) was created based on centralized database systems (CDBSs). RSDB presently includes an enormous amount of data, with the amount of biological data increasing rapidly. Distributed RSDB (DRSDB) is developed to yield better performance. This study... | distributed repeat sequence database;complete genomes;repetitive elements;data distribution;performance evaluation;biological data;queries | |
train_800 | A model for choosing an electronic reserves system: a pre-implementation study | at the library of Long Island University's Brooklyn campus This study explores the nature of electronic reserves (e-reserves) and investigates the possibilities of implementing the e-reserves at the Long Island University/Brooklyn Campus Library (LIU/BCL) | long island university brooklyn campus library;electronic reserves system | |
train_801 | International customers, suppliers, and document delivery in a fee-based | information service The Purdue University Libraries library fee-based information service, the Technical Information Service (TIS), works with both international customers and international suppliers to meet its customers' needs for difficult and esoteric document requests. Successful completion of these orders require... | fragmentary citation verification;inclusive cost quotes;pricing information;document requests;international customers;document availability;document delivery;continuous staff improvement;customer deadline meeting;purdue university libraries fee-based information service;technical information service;international payme... | |
train_802 | A brief history of electronic reserves | Electronic reserves has existed as a library service for barely ten years, yet its history, however brief, is important as an indicator of the direction being taken by the profession of Librarianship as a whole. Recent improvements in technology and a desire to provide better service to students and faculty have result... | library service;faculty;permission fees;copyright compliance;e-reserves environment;legislation;negotiation;librarianship;litigation;students;academic libraries;electronic reserves | |
train_803 | The mutual effects of grid and wind turbine voltage stability control | This note considers the results of wind turbine modelling and power system stability investigations. Voltage stability of the power grid with grid-connected wind turbines will be improved by using blade angle control for a temporary reduction of the wind turbine power during and shortly after a short circuit fault in t... | wind turbine modelling;power system stability;grid voltage stability control;wind turbine power reduction;wind turbine voltage stability control;short circuit fault;blade angle control;power grid;offshore wind turbines;grid-connected wind turbines | |
train_804 | Voltage control methods with grid connected wind turbines: a tutorial review | Within electricity grid networks it is conventional for large-scale central generators to both provide power and control grid node voltage. Therefore when wind turbines replace conventional power stations on a substantial scale, they must not only generate power, but also control grid node voltages. This paper reviews ... | electricity grid networks;reactive power;direct drive synchronous generator;voltage control;direct drive;offshore wind park;converter rating;grid connected wind turbines;weak grid;squirrel cage induction generator;large-scale central generators;grid node voltages control;variable speed;doubly fed induction generator | |
train_805 | Active pitch control in larger scale fixed speed horizontal axis wind turbine | systems. I. linear controller design This paper reviews and addresses the principles of linear controller design of the fixed speed wind turbine system in above rated wind speed, using pitch angle control of the blades and applying modern control theory. First, the nonlinear equations of the system are built in under s... | linear quadratic optimal feedback controller;aerodynamics;drive train dynamics;nonlinear equations;wind turbines;fixed speed wind turbine system;active pitch control;pitch angle control;horizontal axis wind turbine systems;linear system control theory;linear controller design;control theory;closed circle system;digital... | |
train_806 | Flow measurement - future directions | Interest in the flow of liquids and its measurement can be traced back to early studies by the Egyptians, the Chinese and the Romans. Since these early times the science of flow measurement has undergone a massive change but during the last 25 years or so (1977-2002) it has matured enormously. One of the principal reas... | fiscal transfers;flow metering;liquid flow;egyptians;flowmeter manufacturer;advanced computer techniques;chinese;fluid mechanics;flow measurement;electronics application;signal processing;romans | |
train_807 | Integrated optical metrology controls post etch CDs | Control of the transistor gate critical dimension (CD) on the order of a few nanometers is a top priority in many advanced IC fabs. Each nanometer deviation from the target gate length translates directly into the operational speed of these devices. However, using in-line process control by linking the lithography and ... | operational speed;etcher stability;in-line process control;etch mainframes;optical cd metrology tools;cd performance;post etch cd control;target gate length;integrated optical metrology;lithography tools;transistor gate critical dimension;ic fabs;photolithography | |
train_808 | A novel control logic for fast valving operations | This letter proposes new control logic for operating parallel valves in fast valving schemes in order to improve the transient stability performance of power systems. A fast valving scheme using parallel valves overcomes many of the limitations of the conventional scheme. The proposed control logic for operating these ... | multiple stroke operations;single machine infinite bus system;turbine power output control;transient stability performance;control logic;parallel valves operation;single stroke operations;transient stability | |
train_809 | Edison's direct current influenced "Broadway" show lighting | During the early decades of the 20 th century, midtown Manhattan in New York City developed an extensive underground direct current (DC) power distribution system. This was a result of the original introduction of direct current by Thomas Edison's pioneering Pearl Street Station in 1882. The availability of DC power in... | series-connected rheostat;manhattan;dc powered stage lighting;resistance dimmer;theater district;apparent light output;broadway show lighting;thomas edison's pearl street station;new york city;stage lighting control;incandescent lamps;underground direct current power distribution system;resistance taper | |
train_81 | A scalable and efficient systolic algorithm for the longest common subsequence | problem A longest common subsequence (LCS) of two strings is a common subsequence of two strings of maximal length. The LCS problem is that of finding an LCS of two given strings and the length of the LCS. This problem has been the subject of much research because its solution can be applied in many areas. In this pape... | longest common subsequence problem;parallel algorithms;scalable algorithm;systolic algorithm | |
train_810 | Oracle's Suite grows up | Once a low-cost Web offering, Oracle's Small Business Suite now carries a price tag to justify VAR interest | resellers;netledger;accounting;oracle small business suite | |
train_811 | Integration, the Web are key this season [tax] | Integration and the Web are driving many of the enhancements planned by tax preparation software vendors for this coming season | accounting packages;software integration;internet;tax packages;gosystem tax rs;netconnection;cch;people's choice;intuit;taxworks;drake;ria;petz;taxsimple;visual tax;atx;cpasoftware | |
train_812 | eLeaders make the Web work | Some companies are making the most of back-office/Web integration. Here are some winners | back-office/web integration;accpac etransact;visual integrator;e-commerce | |
train_813 | On generalized Gaussian quadratures for exponentials and their applications | We introduce new families of Gaussian-type quadratures for weighted integrals of exponential functions and consider their applications to integration and interpolation of bandlimited functions. We use a generalization of a representation theorem due to Caratheodory to derive these quadratures. For each positive measure... | bandlimited functions;toeplitz matrix;approximation;integration;generalized gaussian quadratures;bessel functions;weighted integrals;trigonometric moments;prolate spheroidal wave functions;exponential functions;caratheodory representation theorem;interpolation;eigenvalues | |
train_814 | A framework for image deblurring using wavelet packet bases | We show that the average over translations of an operator diagonal in a wavelet packet basis is a convolution. We also show that an operator diagonal in a wavelet packet basis can be decomposed into several operators of the same kind, each of them being better conditioned. We investigate the possibility of using such a... | staircasing;operator diagonal;deconvolution;ringing;convolution;total variation approach;wavelet packet bases;image deblurring | |
train_815 | The canonical dual frame of a wavelet frame | We show that there exist wavelet frames that have nice dual wavelet frames, but for which the canonical dual frame does not consist of wavelets, i.e., cannot be generated by the translates and dilates of a single function | gabor frames;compact support;canonical dual frame;wavelet frame;multiresolution hierarchy | |
train_816 | Accelerating filtering techniques for numeric CSPs | Search algorithms for solving Numeric CSPs (Constraint Satisfaction Problems) make an extensive use of filtering techniques. In this paper we show how those filtering techniques can be accelerated by discovering and exploiting some regularities during the filtering process. Two kinds of regularities are discussed, cycl... | numeric csps;csps-solving;extrapolation methods;propagation;interval analysis;artificial intelligence;filtering techniques;search algorithms;constraint satisfaction problems;pruning | |
train_817 | Summarization beyond sentence extraction: A probabilistic approach to sentence | compression When humans produce summaries of documents, they do not simply extract sentences and concatenate them. Rather, they create new sentences that are grammatical, that cohere with one another, and that capture the most salient pieces of information in the original document. Given that large collections of text/... | sentence compression;grammatical;document summarization;noisy-channel;decision-tree |
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